Tom and his wife Becky have been coming to our fellowship since 2016. They are both retired, so, we took that as a golden opportunity to put them to work. (Becky leads our evening Women's Bible Study.) They are a lovely couple!
Community Church of the Hills is an Elder-led church, led not by hierarchy, that is, from some higher up guy barking orders down a chain of command, nor led by the congregation, but led by many Elders.
The word used for “Elder” is interchangeable with “bishop,” “overseer,” and "pastor."
There is a consistent pattern in the New Testament of many Elders leading the local congregation and over 40 uses of the word in describing this type of church leadership.
1 Timothy 3:1—Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task.